NVCC Hosts Bethel High School Students...

NVCC Hosts Bethel High School Students for Fourth Annual Kick Start Program

Three dozen junior and senior students from Bethel High School attended a five-hour workshop at Naugatuck Valley Community College on Friday, March 27. The workshop was sponsored by the Bethel High School Counseling...

Naugatuck Valley Community College Hosts...

Naugatuck Valley Community College Hosts Poetry Reading at Danbury Palace

Naugatuck Valley Community College’s Confluencia, a multicultural literary gathering in its seventh year, was held on the big stage at the Danbury Palace on Wednesday, March 25. Area residents and lovers of...

NVCC Produces Cybersecurity Summit to...

NVCC Produces Cybersecurity Summit to Ask Experts What Students Need to Learn

In collaboration with host company, COCC, Naugatuck Valley Community College President Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D., the faculty and staff convened a summit on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 to discuss the skills and...

NVCC Business Students Inducted into...

NVCC Business Students Inducted into Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Society

Forty students from Naugatuck Valley Community College were initiated into the Alpha Beta Gamma International Business Honor Society on March 9. In ceremonies held at the College’s Mainstage Theater, the inductees...

NVCC Planning “Veteran Friendly”...

NVCC Planning “Veteran Friendly” Campuses in Waterbury and Danbury

NVCC is committed to meeting the needs of all its students. In an effort to become a Certified “Veteran Friendly Institution,” NVCC has created a welcoming environment for our veterans that includes...

NVCC Child Development Center Enrolling...

NVCC Child Development Center Enrolling Toddlers and Preschool Children

The NVCC Child Development Center Laboratory School is enrolling now for the 2015-2016 school year. The Center offers high-quality early care and education programs serving toddlers aged 18 months to 3 years and...

Multi-Cultural Club in Danbury Hosts...

Multi-Cultural Club in Danbury Hosts First Event

The Danbury Campus of Naugatuck Valley Community College is growing in enrollment and social opportunities for its students. The first club on the Danbury Campus was the Multi-Cultural Club who recently hosted a...

Naugatuck Valley Community College...

Naugatuck Valley Community College Celebrates Black History Month throughout February

The Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a series of events throughout the month to honor Black History. They shared the culture of their food, music, dance, and their untold history. On February 5, 2015, the BSU shared the...

NVCC President Meets Successful Alumni...

NVCC President Meets Successful Alumni throughout the Region

President Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D. meets successful alumni everywhere she goes; a brief stop at the West Farms Mall for lunch is no exception. BRIO, Tuscan Grille is a lively, upscale restaurant where NVCC...

Naugatuck Valley Community College Hosts...

Naugatuck Valley Community College Hosts All-College Meeting to Mark the Opening of Spring Semester

President Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D., opened the Spring Semester All-College Meeting with welcoming remarks following a reception in the Leever Atrium of the Fine Arts Center at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, February 6, 2015....

Successful Alumni Giving Back at...

Successful Alumni Giving Back at Naugatuck Valley Community College

Thousands of successful students have passed through the halls of Waterbury State Technical College, Mattatuck Community College, and Naugatuck Valley Community College. Today they are all counted among the alumni of the...

In just the last few years, college costs have skyrocketed. Students are looking for affordable alternatives. They not only want affordability, they want the ability to earn degrees that are transferable to four-year colleges.

Naugatuck Valley Community College meets both of these criteria, and offers an enriching educational experience that extends through lifelong learning. We have campuses in both Waterbury and Danbury and serve 20 additional towns in between. We offer Associate in Arts Degree (A.A.) and Associate in Science Degree (A.S.) programs within these academic divisions:

Alternatively, you can enroll in certificate and non-credit programs, and we also offer distance learning courses. Take your first step to furthering your education by browsing our site and learning about our degree programs and student life. You can explore our special programs and get all the facts you need if you want to graduate with as little debt as possible.

Glenn McCabe

Glenn's work has been recognized by national and international awards from Film Fest New Haven, Telly Awards, Worldfest Houston, Communicator Awards, Vision Awards, Videographer Awards, Writer/Director.com Filmfest and the AVA Awards.

Bruce Loman

Mauricio Pita-Goncalves

Mauricio Pita-Goncalves, a 2009 graduate of the visual and performing arts theatre and dance program at Naugatuck Valley Community College, and former vice-president of the College’s Student Government Association, was accepted into Yale University's 2009 Summer Conservatory for Actors at the Yale School of Drama.

Maria Arcari

Maria Arcari was born in Ecuador and came to the United States when she was 18 years old. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has lived and experienced the American and Latino cultures as part of her everyday life.

Natalie Testa

Natalie is the owner of a 26 year old business, Ragtime Boutique in Watertown, which she purchased in 1999. Her business serves as the official wardrobe sponsor to Miss Connecticut, to whom she has donated several gowns and outfits throughout the years, as well as helping to prepare Miss Connecticut for the Miss America Pageant.

John Fusco

Chris Collibee

Chris graduated in 1997 from Amity High School in Woodbridge before attending Naugatuck Valley Community College, where he took an associate degree in general studies in 1999. At the College, he was the editor-in-chief of The Tamarack and a member of the Student Senate.

Florin Ion Firimita

Florin Ion Firimita is a visual artist, teacher, author and filmmaker who traces his interest in art back to his father’s modest amateur photo lab in Bucharest, Romania, where he was entrusted with mixing chemicals, developing lm and printing black-and-white photos at the age of six.

Regina Demarasse

After graduating from the New York High School for Music and Art in 1976, a spinal tumor changed Regina's body and life. Despite her devastating dramas, however, she earned a master's degree, became a homeowner, counselor, international speaker and biographer.